What to do while Xbox Live is Unstable

"Over the past couple of weeks Xbox Live has had quite a few issues. Games have been dropping out, account recoveries are failing, matchmaking isn't stable, downloads from the marketplace stall or give error codes, and of course on some occasions, the service isn't able to connect at all. Though the service is better now than it has been in the last couple of weeks, it's still a long way from being as rock solid and snappy as it had previously been. The folks at Xbox Live Operations really are working hard to get things back up and running smoothly. So while they do their thing, why not take some time out and check out these other fun and informative internet diversions."

I don't think it matters what consoles you have, I hope everyone who visits n4g.com knows that a lil break from gaming is a good thing. Go out and exercise or read something from Barnes & Noble's Classic collection. As much as I love my RPGs, it is simply healthy living not to be upset by some outtage and use it as an excuse to get some fresh outdoors air.

While I actually have been reading at Borders because they have a particular book I was looking for and it's a block away from my job, I definitely agree. Reading a good book can stimulate the mind in ways not capable in other media, just like the the way videogames stimulate us in ways books can't.

That sounds like a copout for Microsoft's huge problem. Sure nobody should play games all the time but Xbox gamers have to pay for online gaming and what if you only have one day a week to play online and it's down when you want to play?

As for what to do while Xbox Live is down, they could always get a PS3 and play online on it.

don't pay for a lame service that actually has quality not service so yeah who ever said that this service is "better" would have to be dumb enough to believe so! I mean come on I've said this before that service is like the internet and the psn service is like firefox.

And pretend live is still working for them. trying to justify their POS xrod and laggy POS online service. sad xbots are really sad people, theres still hope for them beacuase all of them are not older then 12 years old though.

12yo PS3 fanboy. Your comment history reads like a first grade english book.

If PSN is so special idiot! Why don't you go enjoy it?? Instead you spend all your time obsessing about a console you don't even own with some misguided notion that someone will actually listen to your rambling and buy a PS3? Do you work on commission?

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a f***ing big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed- interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase in a range of f***ing fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit- crushing game shows, stuffing f***ing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, f***ed-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life.

Experience the PSN for yourself, and see that it's just as fun as Live, but without the headaches and an extra $50 bucks in your pocket, or you can just continue to b!tch and moan about it and continue letting M$ $haft you.....AAHAHHAHHA

now im not gonna lie. im one of the biggest supporters of playstation(i think its the best and always will im sure) that you'll find but i can admit that............

kinda off topic but

360 does have some crazy good online features that the ps3 will get eventually but if wasnt such a huge sony supporter with thier playstation and i had a 360, i would probably get most of my games on the 360 too.(only until in game xmb comes)

think about it. who doesnt wanna have the choice to listen to your own music talk to your friends from another game a bunch of arcade games message your friend in a game

and sony even said themselves that its hard to intergrate in game xmb with the complexity of the ps3 so we dont know what will happen when we get all that stuff soon.(EVEN THOUGH IT DOESNT REALLY MATTER CUZ ITS FREE BUT YOU GET THE POINT...)

while ive consistently been on n4g bashing the 360 fanboys the whole new year from all the bad news they get, i can admit when something is fire and 360 has that online right now.

not gonna make me get a 360 since its coming to ps3 but its still nice to have.

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Dark Sniper suggests that while XBOX Live is unstable, call your local Pawnshop or Trade Store to ensure they are still accepting XBOX 360 consoles. Through each passing day, trade stores are becoming more aware that the XBOX 360 is nothing more than a glorified green piece of garbage.

If your store does accept 360 consoles, please use those funds to purchase a PLAYSTATION® 3. With it's breathtaking features, free & stable online network and lineup of AAA exclusives, no consumer can complain on what the Sony brand provides for customers

Xbox users have suffered greatly in the rugged past three weeks. We as PS3 owners must have honor and offer a helping hand, or just simple unsarcastic verbal support. In these trying and troubled times for Xbox owners worldwide, we as gamers need to extend both arms in a brotherly gesture of embrace, thus mending their wounds with a sympathetic suture. I myself, will outstretch feelings of remorse for those many unknowning consumers, and offer you these words of some small sentimental value. I have seen the information, on the lighter side of dumbness, I have heard the new statistics and the stomping on the ground. While picking slowly up the rockside, Always one thing seems apparent, If the your climb becomes too much you can always turn around........

agent88, thats exactly why i made my previous post, because they have been having it pretty hard lately.lol

but they still will never know what it feels like to be made fun of because you brought a ps3 back in early 07 or all the CONSTANT CONSTANT CONSTANT bad press the ps3 got.

and for that, sometimes i wanna make it harder for them BUT ultimately were all gamers at heart and all were doing with our post is causing each other to hate the other console more everybody feels that if they get the other console, there betraying or have been defeated by there enimies(fanboys from either side). kinda funny really.lol

but in all seriousness, the time that i wanted a 360 has passed and i have no intent on getting one now but b4 i did consider it.

I personally don't know why Microsoft received so much flak for the system having some downtime. I don't mean to say it in a Microsoft supportive way, but rather in a way that acknowledges that online systems go down. Few online systems are flawless; let's be real. Servers go in and out sometimes, and to be honest, XBL is pretty good when it comes to uptime. So I don't think it's really anyone's fault. They had an overload, and the server strained. That can happen to anyone.

As for this article, It's short and to the point; which I like. And I agree with the first comment: whether you play a lot of games or not, you should be going outside and partaking in other activities nonetheless. So get out there and live your lives...but not too much. You have to come back and play more Assassin's Creed.

I download all my favorite music online,burn it to a disk,transfer it to my 360,then when your ready to play again online or off,you would have all the great music you can handle in your games it's fun,i downloaded the halo 2 soundtrack and played it during matchmaking in Gears of War,it was funny to hear while i played,lol.

I'm not even sure why this had to turn into a fanboy war since it's not even negative about XBL's problems.

To satisfy the fanboy quota, I'd liken this situation to the supply problems of the Wii, as Nintendo knows the demand was greater than their supply, but wouldn't expand it for fear of actually having stock on shelves for more than a few hours. Microsoft can certainly spin this as XBL being so popular that the service crashed, but they should've expected a great surge of users and made sure they're servers were more than capable of handling a ton of new users.

" I'm not even sure why this had to turn into a fanboy war since it's not even negative about XBL's problems."

Comments like yours are the problem. You came in here to troll.

Your comment suggest spin or they made it up to cover their asses despite every god dam person that reads the news or owns the 360 knowing for a fact Xmas caused the issue due to the fact it never happend and started after people started firing up their new consoles. lol

If you read more carefully, you'd have seen that I mentioned that they could spin this into good news that demand for the service was too much for them to handle, not that they made it up. The other thing you would've noticed is that that part of the post was made to not be taken seriously, as noted by the "to satisfy the fanboy quota" in the post.

I can see how this turned for the worst so quickly, you'd rather make quick reactions that read and understand what's written.

You know what? Check this out. There are actually children in America crying right now because they can't play their precious games. Here's what you do, kiddies: go to a grocery store and steal a porn. It's a lot more exciting than waiting for your red light of death to turn green. And you just might learn something, too.

Dark Sh*ter suggests that PSN is a load of bol*ocks, and that you should call your local Pawnshop or Trade Store to ensure they are still accepting Playstation 3 consoles. Through each passing day, trade stores are becoming more aware that the Playstation 3 is nothing more than a glorified black piece of garbage.

If your store does accept PS3 consoles, please use those funds to purchase a XBOX 360. With it's breathtaking features, great online online network and lineup of AAA exclusives, no consumer can complain on what the Microsoft brand provides for customers

ps3 is a joke right now give it 2 years and it will be fine as for now get you a 360 and play let me see about 10 games that have over a 8.5 rateing.but hey if gettin a ps3 to play mgs4 then go right ahead :). game consoles are about guess what?games.

Dark Sniper apologizes for his previous remark about the Xbox 360 console. In reality, Dark Sniper and his fellow Sony Snipers acknowledge and support Microsoft's hard work on making the Xbox 360 the best that it can be. They deserve worldwide recognition for constantly providing us with new games, services and features that cater to all ages and interests.